You can't do what he did." Pizzarelli is also known as one of the first jazz guitarists to master the seven-string guitar, a technique he learned from jazz guitarist George Van Eps.

Guitars and fiddle sounds as fun as these inevitably are happy reminders of the great Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli duets, most especially on the Hot Club classic "Minor Swing . For The ...

Pizzarelli is known as one of jazz's great chord soloists, as well as an extraordinary rhythm player. Now 83, Pizzarelli was recently honored by the New York Public Library as one of its speakers ...

Not much. Good genes, good connections, good taste, good fortune all conspire to make "Knowing You" one of Pizzarelli's most engaging recordings. A lot of the credit for that goes ...

Veteran guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli's latest is a master class in the art of the popular American song as interpreted by someone who's spent a lifetime perfecting the language of swing. Combining solo ...

John Pizzarelli performs “Big Band Swings in Tribute to Bucky” on Friday at the Mayo Performing Arts Center, 100 South Street, Morristown, at 8 pm. Tickets are $39-$79.

On One Morning in May Pizzarelli plays in a heartfelt, swing style. The line-up of composers includes Bix Beiderbecke, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, and Hoagy ...

Bucky Pizzarelli was exposed to music from an early age, taught guitar by his uncle (Pete Domenick) after school. Domenick hosted frequent family sing-alongs at his home, in which the young Pizzarelli ...

Peekskill NY -- Jazz Legend Bucky Pizzarelli will keep the New Year's weekend celebration alive with his stellar jazz guitar performances at The Division Street Grill in Peekskill January 2nd 2010 at ...

Pizzarelli’s first instrument was banjo, when he was 7. He started trumpet a couple of years later, moved on to guitar at 10 — no surprise, since his dad was the legendary guitarist Bucky ...